LBJ ASSURES HOOVER OF HIS RESPECT FOR FBI AND HOOVER IN INVESTIGATION OF MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS, JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; LBJ EXPLAINS BACKGROUND OF HIS APPOINTMENT OF ALLEN DULLES AS OBSERVER OF INVESTIGATION

LBJ ASKS ABOUT REPORTS OF BODIES FOUND IN MISSISSIPPI; HOOVER REPORTS ON INVESTIGATION, BODIES APPARENTLY ARE NOT THOSE OF MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS; LBJ TELLS HOOVER TO SEND MEMO TO HIM, RFK, ON HOOVER'S TRIP TO MISSISSIPPI, MEETING WITH PAUL

CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; LBJ IS MEETING WITH GEORGE REEDY, LEE WHITE AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ ON HOLD FOR HOOVER; ONLY OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDING HOOVER CALL RECORDED; HOOVER IS NOT RECORDED ON THIS RECORDING

HOOVER APPARENTLY REPORTS ON SECURITY INVESTIGATION OF VAN CLIBURN, SAYS HE IS ACCEPTABLE FOR ENTERTAINING AT WH; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT SECURITY OF WH TELEPHONE SYSTEM, ASKS HOOVER TO INVESTIGATE IT

LBJ ASKS HOOVER FOR COMPILATION OF FBI REPORTS ON URBAN RIOTS FOR REPORT TO BE EDITED BY THOMAS DEWEY; HOOVER REPORTS HIS POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS FROM TRIPS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, NYC, INCLUDING SHIFT OF JEWISH SUPPORT FROM GOLDWATER TO LBJ

LBJ ASKS HOOVER TO TRY TO PERSUADE THOMAS DEWEY TO ACCEPT APPOINTMENT AS CO-CHAIR OF CRIME COMMISSION (PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE); DEWEY'S CONCERNS ABOUT EFFECT ON HIS LAW PRACTICE; HOOVER AGREES TO TALK

HOOVER TELLS LBJ THAT HARRISON WILLIAMS WANTS TO INVESTIGATE YESTERDAY'S WALL STREET RUMOR ABOUT LBJ'S HEALTH BUT WOULD NOT DO SO IF FBI DID NOT APPROVE; HOOVER SAYS FBI IS MAKING INVESTIGATION BUT DOES NOT DISAPPROVE OF WILLIAMS' INVESTIGATION

DISCUSSION OF CONGRESSMEN RYAN'S, REID'S REQUEST THAT LBJ MEET WITH PARENTS OF MISSING WORKERS ANDREW GOODMAN AND MICHAEL SCHWERNER; HOOVER BRIEFS LBJ ON INFORMATION HE CAN GIVE THE PARENTS ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE INVESTIGATION

HOOVER REPORTS ON TALKS WITH GOV. JOHNSON, JOHN STENNIS; QUESTION OF HAVING MARINES OR NAVY PERSONNEL HELP IN SEARCH FOR MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS, JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; REASONS FOR NOT ACTIVATING MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL

DULLES GIVES HOOVER OUTLINE AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF HIS REPORT ABOUT MISSISSIPPI SITUATION; FBI ROLE IN ENFORCEMENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS; DULLES WILL TALK WITH NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES ABOUT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS

SEARCH FOR MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI; ROLES OF FBI, US MARSHALS, LOCAL OFFICIALS IN ENFORCEMENT OF DULLES' RECOMMENDATIONS; KKK; HOOVER REPORTS ON PLANNED PICKETING OF LBJ AT COBO HALL IN DETROIT TONIGHT

LBJ REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH RITA SCHWERNER, WIFE OF MICHAEL SCHWERNER, MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKER; LBJ TELLS HOOVER TO EMPLOY ALL NECESSARY MILITARY PERSONNEL IN SEARCH; UPDATE ON MISSISSIPPI INVESTIGATION; POSSIBLE USE OF MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL

OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT LBJ'S CONVERSATION WITH RFK; DISCUSSION OF ADVISABILITY OF HOOVER HIMSELF GOING TO NYC TO HANDLE INVESTIGATION OF RIOTS IN HARLEM; LBJ READS PORTIONS OF SEVERAL TELEGRAMS RECEIVED FROM PUBLIC REGARDING RIOTS

HOOVER REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT WAGNER ABOUT NYC RIOTS, SUCCESSFUL PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE DURING MLK VISIT TO GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI; LBJ ASKS ABOUT NEW YORK NEWS STORY BY JACK MALLON ON COMMUNIST, RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST SUPPORT

LBJ ASKS HOOVER TO MAKE BACKGROUND CHECK OF LLOYD CUTLER WHO IS BEING CONSIDERED AS COMMERCE UNDERSECRETARY; APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM "RED" RABORN AS CIA DIRECTOR; PAT COYNE; LBJ PRAISES FBI INVESTIGATION OF VIOLA LIUZZO CASE; TRUMAN'S STATEMENT

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